Future Tenses’ Jon Gordon interviews Alex Ignatiev about why computers are such a pain to turn on and off. Firing up a computer, or rebooting it after a crash, takes longer than we'd like. But it could be a lot quicker if new technology from the University of Houston is a hit in the marketplace. Already, the school has licensed the technology to Sharp Electronics.
Alex Ignatiev is director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials, and professor of physics, chemistry and electrical engineering at the University of Houston.